Jungle Atop A Desert
Not every part of the rainforest is filled with towering canopies! We discovered an area with trees only twice my height, and it took a couple of geologists to help us figure out why. Learn...
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I am marking what the landscape looks like at this trail point and... just to double check... T4, zero meters. T... B... C... I would call this terra firme. - Terra firme? What does that mean? - It's just a term used in Amazonia for slightly higher ground. TF is my initials for terra firme. It's slightly hummocky. - What is hummocky? - This bumpy ground. - Okay. - It's not flat. I will write the note "root mat." - Root mat? - Root mat you see everywhere here, it's the... the ground is covered, absolutely covered with roots, it's like ten to twenty centimeters thick, and these roots are wandering around, growing around, hunting for nutrients. - Is that what makes the ground spongy when you walk? - Oh yeah, that's...
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I am marking what the landscape looks like at this trail point and... just to double check... T4, zero meters. T... B... C... I would call this terra firme. - Terra firme? What does that mean? - It's just a term used in Amazonia for slightly higher ground. TF is my initials for terra firme. It's slightly hummocky. - What is hummocky? - This bumpy ground. - Okay. - It's not flat. I will write the note "root mat." - Root mat? - Root mat you see everywhere here, it's the... the ground is covered, absolutely covered with roots, it's like ten to twenty centimeters thick, and these roots are wandering around, growing around, hunting for nutrients. - Is that what makes the ground spongy when you walk? - Oh yeah, that's...
